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Soldier Point

39.44°N · 123.82°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
85/100
GOOD

Now 26 · 2 AM PDT

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Conditions
Time
2 AM
Now
Score
26
Tough
Tide
5.3 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
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Ebb
Wind
0 kn
NNE · steady
Sea state
Rough
3.7 ft
Air temp
53°
Mild
Weather
Clear
3% cloud
Hour 2 AM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 5.3ft Falling ▼. Current -0.7kn Ebb. Wind 0kn NNE G7. Sea 3.7ft Rough. Air 52.9°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
1 in possession
Gear
No more than one line with two hooks may be used when angling.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Season open April 1, 2026 through November 15, 2026 (north of Point Arena), or until quota is reached, whichever is earlier. No minimum size limit.
Season
Apr 1 to Nov 15
Other species here
Lingcod Retention openCabezon Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedBonito ClosedCoho Salmon ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openCalifornia Scorpionfish Retention open
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Source: CDFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
260-660 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Soldier Point is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Fort Bragg, California, where the bottom falls away through depths of roughly 260 to 660 feet. The rock structure holds Rockfish and Lingcod, with rockfish concentrating from April through September and lingcod peaking in January and February and again in August and September. Chinook Salmon move through the same waters from April into September, drawing anglers who troll anchovies, herring, and spoons or work whole anchovies on the mooching drift. Anglers targeting the reef fish drop shrimp flies, squid strips, and metal jigs to the bottom for rockfish, while jigging metal jigs and swimbaits or working live rockfish and squid takes lingcod along the ledges. Cabezon share the same rock, peaking in spring and again in fall, and hold to bottom-fished squid, shrimp, and crab.

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